Skirt-supporter



I. YABLON AND 0. WEIS.

SKIRT SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED AUG-23. 19l8.

Patented July 29, 1919.

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SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-23. 191a.

Patented July 29, 1919.

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ISAAK YABLON AND CHARLES WEIS, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1919.

Application filed August 23, 1918. Serial No. 251,153.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ISAAK YABLON and CHARLES Wms, citizens of Russiaand the United States, respectively, residing at 566 Rockland St. and534 Park Ave, respec tively, Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster andState of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inSkirt-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to apparel and more particularly to a garmentsupporter, and has for an object to provide a skirt or garment supporterfor use in supporting a garment at the waistline.

The invention comprehends among other features the provision of a devicethat can be readily arranged in position around the waistline of thewearer, and which can be easily adjusted for different sizes ofwaistlines, the device when in position permitting of readily arrangingthe skirt so that the same will be properly supported relative to thebody of the wearer.

It is well known that various forms of garment supporters have been usedheretofore, but in many of these cases the supporters are expensive tomanufacture; are clumsy in appearance and hard to apply, andfurthermore, cannot readily be adjusted to fit the different waistlines.Still further the garment supporters in many instances are not efficientand do not properly perform the function for which they are intended.With our invention we aim to provide a skirt supporter that can becheaply manufactured, and which involves novel features of constructionand arrangement, whereby the supporter can be readily accommodated todifi'erent waistlines.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawing, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the skirtsupporter as applied without the skirt being shown.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation.

Fig. 3 is a side view.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 4.-4in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the manner of supportingthe skirt.

Referring more particularly to the views,

the skirt supporter in its entirety is indicated by the numeral 10, andconsists substantially of two similar sections 11, each adapted topartially encircle the waist around the sides thereof. Each section isformed of a central horizontal band 12, and upper and lower bands 13 and1 1, the latter beingpreferably elastic, although it is not absolutelynecessary that they be so. The bands 12, 13 and 14 are connected byuprights 15 and 16, of which the uprights 15 are the end uprights, andthe uprights 16 intermediates, the uprights being formed of flexiblematerial such as steel or boning, and of course covered with material,as shown. The band 12 of one of the sections has an extension 17 at thefront to connect with a buckle 18 on the front end of the band of theother section. So also the band 12 of the first-mentioned section has anextension 19 at the rear which passes loosely through a loop 20 on therear upright of the other section, and is provided with an adjustableclasp 21 arranged to slide upon the central band of the other section,thus providing for an increase or decrease in the length of theextension 19 relative to the other said section. So also the lower band14 on the first-mentioned section has an extension 22 passing through aloop 23 on the end upright of the other sec tion and carries a clasp 24mounted to slide on the lower band of the said other section, so as toprovide a similar adjustment of the lower band of the sections.

It will be seen that when the device is applied around the waist of thewearer, the lower band will adjust itself to conform to the structure ofthe wearer immediately below the waist, and the central band willsubstantially encircle the waistline, so that sections will be at thesides of the waist and the extensions of the bands at the front andrear. A skirt indicated by the numeral 25 has an inside band 26 attachedto the upper part of the skirt, so that the upper band 13 will bearranged within the skirt to bear against the inside band 26 thereof,and thus the skirt will be held snugly in place, and by having the sameevenly held at the sides, the skirt will hang properly and not bedistorted in shape.

It will be seen by reference to the views, that the uprights will notnecessarily remain straight, but will curve to conform to the curvatureof the waistline, and thus it will be apparent that with a device of thecharacter described, the same" can be readily senting a clumsyappearance or being' u na comfortable to the wearer.

lFrom'the, foregoing description, it will also'be apparent that thedevice described can be cheaply manufacture-d, articularly in View ofthe fact that it need not necesadjusted to readil -fit:thewaistlineefalmost any person.

WecIai-m: j A-"ski'rt su porter comprising a plnrafity of similarconnected sections, r each consisting er a centrall arrnged-horizontal"bend, u per horizontal band, a lower horizontal band,uprights connecting'gsaid central, uper and "low r bands, a *front extesion formed loytl ie front end of the central band of one of thesections,asi1ni1a1- front'exsarily be made-to "certain sizesy but can betension beyond the loop, an extension formed by the end of the lowerbandof one of the tension formed by the front end of the central-bandofthe other section, a buckle on one of said extensionsfor connectionwith the other extension, a rear extension formed by the rear end of thecentral band of one of the sections, a 'loop on the rearmost. up-

clasp slidable on the central band of the other section andconne'ctedtothe rear -eX- section's, a 1o'op -'on the 'rearinost upright of the"other section and a clasp on said last "mentioned exte'nsion anjdhaving sliding en 'gagement with: the lower band of the other sectionbeyon'd the last mentioned loop.

In testimony whereof we affix four .s'ig-natures.

' .I. 'YABIJON.

' CHARLES V -W'EIS.

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